Part 1 :

Please refer to application 5.2 entitled as Top Management Team at Ortiv Glass Corporation. available in your textbook and answer the following:

1. Discuss why strategic orientation is fundamental to diagnosis in OD. Demonstrate your answer using two examples from this application.

2. Describe and evaluate each of the Ortivs team design components:

- Goal clarity

- Task structure

- Team functioning

- Group composition

- Group norms

Part 2 :

Please refer to figure 5.2 in your textbook (comprehensive model for diagnosing organizational system) and answer the following:

3. Provide a brief description of a hypothetical organization and explain the three key inputs (or environmental types) that affect the way such organization could be designed.

4. Propose a job position and describe each of its potential design components at the individual level.

Answers:

Part 1:

A.1

A.2

Part 2:

A.3

A.4